920 LABIATÆ. (MINT FAMILY.) 
widening upward, the middle lobe of the lower lip dilated and notched. — Var. 
OBOVATA is less hairy, with the obovate leaves merely toothed or wavy on the 
margins. (S. obovata, ÆU.) — Sandy soil, Florida to North Carolina, and west- 
ward. April and May. — Stem 1? high. Leaves 3! — 6/ long, commonly purple 
beneath. Racemes in fruit 6/—12/ long. Corolla 9-12” long, blue, white- 
spotted in the throat. 
6. S. Claytoni, Ell. Leaves cordate-ovate, sinuate, toothed, rugose; teeth 
of the upper lip of the calyx connivent. — Dry sandy pastures, around Beaufort, 
South Cazolina, Elliott. North Carolina, Curtis ; flowering through the summer. 
— Root thick, perennial. Stem 19 high. Leaves pubescent on the veins and 
margins. Bracts cordate-ovate, acuminate, toothed. 
S. OFFICINALIS, L., is the common GARDEN SAGE. 
S. coCCINEA, L., is common in gardens, and occasionally spontaneous around 
dwellings. : 
14. MONARDA, L. Horse-Mint. — p" 
Calyx tubular, elongated, 15-nerved, nearly equally 5-toothed, bearded in the 
throat. Corolla nearly equally 2-lipped; the upper lip notched or entire, the 
lower 3-toothed. Stamens 2, ascending under the upper lip, and oftener ex 
serted: anther-cells linear, diverging, confluent. Nutlets smooth. — Herbs. 
Leaves undivided. Whorls large, dense-flowered. Bracts colored. 
* Upper lip of the corolla linear, acute. d 
1 M. didyma, L. Stem smoothish ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
serrate, rounded at the base, petioled, smooth or hispid; whorls mostly solitary, 
terminal; calyx smooth, incurved; corolla large, bright red.— Mountains of 
North Carolina, and northward. Aug.and Sept.— Stem erect,29 high. Leaves 
2'-3'long. Bracts lanceolate, red. Corolla 1! long. 
2. M. fistulosa, L. Stem branching, more or less pubescent, commonly 
hairy at the joints; leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acute, sharply serrate, 
mostly rounded or truncate at the base ; whorls terminal ; calyx slightly ineurved, 
hispid in the throat ; corolla slender, rose-color. (M. Clinopodia, and M. mos 
L.) — Mountains of Georgia, and northward. Aug. and Sept.— Stem e 
high. Leaves smoothish, tomentose, or hispid, 1! — 3! long. Bracts pale purple. 
* % Upper lip of the corolla broader, notched. or 
3. M. punctata, L. Closely and finely pubescent ; stem much branched; 
leaves lanceolate or oblong, acutish, slightly serrate, narrowed into a petiole» 
whorls lateral and terminal; bracts ovate or oblong, purple; corolla y ellovish; 
the lower lip dotted with brown, the upper keeled ; stamens not exserted. — Dry 
high. Leaves r- 2! long. ; Ce 
as M. gracilis, Pursh. Very smooth; whorls lateral and terminal ; yet ce 
rior bracts linear, ciliate ; corolla short; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, — 
Sandy soil, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. Aug.- Oct. — Stem ts = Ge 
